Listmania!
Some great and good baby/toddler/junior board books
Hippos Go Berserk!Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: £0.89 / Used from: £0.28
the favourite for a long time. mainly for the growing anticipation for 'all the hippos go beserk', introduces counting up and down in a really interesting way
Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel picture books)Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel picture books) by Allan Ahlberg
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £1.50
lovely book, and children can help find the characters in the pages
We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Walker story board books)We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Walker story board books) by Michael Rosen
Buy new: £3.24 / Used from: £0.01
lots of fun- lots of good noises to make as the characters go on their journey
The GruffaloThe Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Buy new: £3.89 / Used from: £0.28
a firm favourite-excellent rhymes and descriptions, and a lesson to be learned...sort of like an aesops fable
Monkey PuzzleMonkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Buy new: £3.10 / Used from: £0.45
another firm favourite-lovely rhymes and learning about animals as the monkey looks for his mum
The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His BusinessThe Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business by Werner Holzwarth
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.94
another favourite...a mole is pooed on and sets out to find out who does it 'did you do this on my head' 'no...i do it like this..'
Peepo! (Viking Kestrel picture books)Peepo! (Viking Kestrel picture books) by Allan Ahlberg
Buy new: £1.20 / Used from: £0.01
excellent story book-the world from a babys perspective with lovely rhymes and plenty to see in the pictures
Mirror Me! (Baby Einstein)Mirror Me! (Baby Einstein) by Julie Aigner-Clark
Buy new: £3.44 / Used from: £0.01
learning about shapes from a young age and seeing shapes in the everyday world
Bard's Rhyme Time - A Lift-the-Flap Book: A Lift-the-flap Book (Baby Einstein)Bard's Rhyme Time - A Lift-the-Flap Book: A Lift-the-flap Book (Baby Einstein) by Julie Aigner-Clark
Buy new: £0.53 / Used from: £0.01
thie one too, enjoying finding a rhymes for 'cat', 'rose' etc...and text doesn't say 'no!cat doesn't rhyme with cow' etc if mistaken. just nicely says another rhyme example 'Cow rhymes with plough'
Diwrnod Elfed: Elfed's Day (Elfed board books)Diwrnod Elfed: Elfed's Day (Elfed board books) by David McKee
Buy used from: £0.01
great bilingual book about elfeds day from morning to 'elfed' going to sleep..helps them get the hint....**)
Bringing Down the MoonBringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett
Buy used from: £0.33
more interested as he grew older-good sounds and lesson
Guess How Much I Love YouGuess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Buy new: £3.49 / Used from: £0.01
only found his interest when he was older, maybe it means more to him now he knows a bit more about trying to measure love-but it is a cute book
Room on the BroomRoom on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Buy new: £3.54 / Used from: £0.92
another book he preferred when older (i.e. junior rather than baby stage),good lesson+rhymes
See and Spy Shapes (Baby Einstein)See and Spy Shapes (Baby Einstein) by Julie Aigner-Clark
Buy new: £0.54 / Used from: £0.01
fun einstein book-preferred at toddler rather than baby stage
See and Spy Counting (Baby Einstein)See and Spy Counting (Baby Einstein) by Julie Aigner-Clark
Buy new: £0.72 / Used from: £1.08
another nice learning book, introducing the idea of counting
Neighbourhood Animals (Baby Einstein)Neighbourhood Animals (Baby Einstein) by Marilyn Singer
Buy new: £2.79 / Used from: £0.75
this, the cats,dogs and birds books in this series are not the most exciting books ' this is a cat...' 'cats are warm and soft to hold' but i remember Calon making me read these again and again.
Baby Einstein Jane's Animal Expedition (Baby Einstein)Baby Einstein Jane's Animal Expedition (Baby Einstein) by Julie Aigner-Clark
Buy new: £3.53 / Used from: £0.18
could be even better, but calon liked it-good story, probably because of the lots of flaps to uncover different animals, introduces the idea of habitats.
I Want My Potty (Little Princess board books)I Want My Potty (Little Princess board books) by Tony Ross
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01
good funny book. as with mr brown goes moo, its not (almost but not quite the whole original story thats in paperback though. (tut tut) read it from the library book, read longer story later
Nos Da, Smot/Good Night, Spot (Llyfr Bwrdd Bach Smot)Nos Da, Smot/Good Night, Spot (Llyfr Bwrdd Bach Smot) by Eric Hill
Buy used from: £2.71
more sleeptime hints with this bilingual book (also available in english)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book] by Eric Carle
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £1.14
big big favourite, remember reading this with him again and again, and i think its time to find and read it again now calons school age.
Mr.Brown Can Moo, Can You? (Dr.Seuss Board Books)Mr.Brown Can Moo, Can You? (Dr.Seuss Board Books) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: £0.53 / Used from: £0.01
all the the different sounds mr brown (and so you) can make are great..but its not the whole longer even more fun story found in hardcover+paperback versions. hmph. good to get from library though.
Dr.Seuss's ABC (Dr Seuss Blue Back Books)Dr.Seuss's ABC (Dr Seuss Blue Back Books) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: £3.49 / Used from: £0.49
lots of funny rhymes, with lots of flaps to flip. only thing is the rhymes are based on letter names-a bit inconveinient if you are teaching letter sounds of synthetic phonics first.
Goodnight, Poppy Cat! (Poppy Cat)Goodnight, Poppy Cat! (Poppy Cat)
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £0.01
another book to get them in the sleepytime mood, with soft pictures to touch and feel
Spot Looks at Opposites (Little Spot Board Books)Spot Looks at Opposites (Little Spot Board Books) by Eric Hill
Buy used from: £2.48
basic learning book of opposites 'hard this' 'soft that' etc. basic but remember calon liking it.
Where's Spot? (Lift-the-flap Book)Where's Spot? (Lift-the-flap Book) by Eric Hill
Buy used from: £0.01
excellent boo...'is he under the piano' 'no.....' '